Osun puts security on red alert over imminent mayhem in Osogbo today

The Osun State Government, Thursday morning, issued a warning to members of the public, parents and guardians especially of the students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Science and Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso that there was plot by some criminally minded elements to unleash mayhem on the Osun State capital Osogbo on Thursday May 25, 2017.

An alert sent to newsmen form the Government House, said “intelligence reports indicate that after the protests embarked upon by a few students of the institution in Osogbo on Wednesday, the criminally minded persons have concluded arrangements to capitalize on that in order to create some confusion with a view to unleashing mayhem on the people.

“Therefore, the government has resolved to ensure that no one is allowed to breach the peace of the state in whatever forms.

“To this extent, all security agencies have been placed on red alert to apprehend anyone caught on Thursday over breach of the peace”.